plural blowhards
Definition of blowhard
: an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart, windbag
… was trapped in a hellish marriage to … a struttingly insensitive macho blowhard.— Owen Gleiberman But he was seen by many in Congress as a blowhard, given to long-winded talks bristling with allusions to the Bible, ancient history, and the Constitution.— Thomas E. Ricks
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The first known use of blowhard was in 1848
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